Dhenkanal District Population, Odisha - Census India 2011

Dhenkanal is one of district of Odisha in India. There are 13 Taluks, 1,208 villages and 5 towns in Dhenkanal district.

As per the Census India 2011, Dhenkanal district has 279,364 households, population of 1,192,811 of which 612,593 are males and 580,218 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 139,096 which is 11.66% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Dhenkanal district is around 947 compared to 979 which is average of Odisha state. The literacy rate of Dhenkanal district is 69.58% out of which 75.76% males are literate and 63.05% females are literate. The total area of Dhenkanal is 4,452 sq.km with population density of 268 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 90.15% of population lives in Urban area and 9.85% lives in Rural area. There are 19.62% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 13.59% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Dhenkanal district.

Dhenkanal Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,192,811	100%
Hindu	1,185,542	99.39%
Muslim	4,805	0.4%
Religion not stated	1,069	0.09%
Christian	727	0.06%
Buddhist	366	0.03%
Other religions and persuasions	139	0.01%
Sikh	124	0.01%
Jain	39	0%

Dhenkanal Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	68	4,384
Number of households	25,918	253,446
Total Population	117,506	1,075,305
Population (%)	52.14%	48.73%
Male Population	61,267	551,326
Female Population	56,239	523,979
Sex Ratio	918	950
Literacy (%)	80.33%	68.4%

List of Taluks in Dhenkanal

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Dhenkanal district, Odisha

Dhenkanal Population Facts

Number of Households	279,364
Population	1,192,811
Male Population	612,593 (51.36%)
Female Population	580,218 (48.64%)
Children Population	139,096
Area	4,452 km2
Population density/km2	268
Sex-ratio	947
Literacy	69.58%
Male Literacy	75.76%
Female Literacy	63.05%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	13.59%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	19.62%